VegFund’s Activist Learning Series

VegFund’s Activist Learning Series presents live webinars that help you strengthen your knowledge and skills for effective vegan outreach.

If you were not able to attend the live webinars, you can still watch the full recordings for free (see the links to each webinar below). If you’d like to be notified of upcoming events, be sure to subscribe at the bottom of this page to receive news, stories, and resources.

Social Media Strategy to Maximize Impact for Animals

John Oberg, a longtime animal advocate and fan of VegFund, shares his insights for animal advocates who are interested in using social media to help animals. In this time of quarantining and physical distancing, utilizing our social media presence is more important than ever. Learn how to perfect your communication, create a strategy, and take your social media efforts to the next level!

Fundraising on a Budget

As busy activists, fundraising to support your work can be one of the most difficult, intimidating, and frustrating activities that you’ll need to do. Asking for money can be uncomfortable. If you’ve never done fundraising, you may not even know how to begin.

Google Analytics 101: From Data to Insight

Megan Iudice of Solstice Web guides you in navigating the vast amount of useful information available on this free platform. Megan walks you through the who, what, why, and how of Google Analytics to help you leverage this powerful tool for understanding how users find and interact with your website.

Turning “Vystopia” into Powerful Action for Change

“Vystopia” is the anguish of being vegan in a non-vegan world. With more than 30 years of experience, Clare Mann provides vegans with language and a toolbox to work through their anguish and unite with others to examine the biggest social justice challenge of our time.

Advanced Communications Skills for Vegan Activists

Former corporate sales director and founder of Amazing Vegan Outreach (AVO), Alex Bez shares some of the secrets of the world’s best communicators. Learn professional skills that will lead to higher success rates in vegan outreach conversations. If you would like to learn how to coach people to veganism effectively while avoiding debates and arguments, don’t miss this opportunity.

When Bad Luck Happens to Good Vegfests

Despite the best of plans, bad things can happen to good vegfests. Four vegfest organizers share how they managed major challenges and setbacks near or on the date of their events. These examples demonstrate that organizers can rarely over-prepare as they think ahead to their next vegfest. We hope this conversation can serve as a resource for new and long-standing vegfest organizers alike!

The Science of Making People Care

The scientific evidence is mounting: people don’t act on information; they act on what they care about most. This webinar distills five core principles from behavioral, cognitive, and social science that advocates can apply to help people care more about their messaging and work, introducing a science-based framework for approaching new communications challenges.

Marketing to Non-Vegans

Learn how to reach and engage non-vegans in your advocacy work! This webinar provides an abundance of fresh and inspiring ideas that will encourage you to leverage your passion for vegan living. Stephanie Redcross shares how to effectively market our vegan events, businesses, communications, and other endeavors to non-vegans.

The Basics of Project Evaluation for Effective Outreach

Inspiring consumers to adopt a vegan lifestyle is complicated by many opposing influences. For many people, veganism is a long-term journey. Activists must continue on a steady and prolonged course of interactions with consumers to keep vegan messaging present in their minds and dietary choices. This webinar addresses why evaluating behavior change is complex and presents ideas for how activists can gain insights into the success of their advocacy efforts.

Concepts and Lessons on Humane Education

Presenter:Pei Feng Su, co-founder of ACTAsia
In this webinar, you’ll learn the core concepts and goals of humane education based on the tremendous success of ACTAsia’s work with Asian communities. Pei Su shares her wealth of knowledge on the key elements of humane education programs.

For more information about humane education, check out ACTAsia’s resources below.